Look up: Temper

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   temper
   [n] - a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling 2. [n] - the elasticity and hardness of a metal object 3. [n] - a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger 4. [v] - harden by reheating and cooling in oil 5. [v] - adjust the pitch (of pianos) 6. [v] - make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
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   Temper
   A term which generally describes the mechanical properties of an alloy. Many steels may be hardened by quenching from high temperature and then softened by re-heating at a lower temperature to give the required properties, or 'temper'. Other alloy systems, like aluminium and copper, for example, start in the soft or annealed condition. With cold work, the strength of the alloy may be increased, accompanied by a reduction in ductility. Different degrees of cold work produce different properties, or 'tempers', e.g. annealed (soft), half-hard, fully hardened.
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   Temper
   The state of or condition of a metal as to its hardness or toughness produced by either thermal or heat treatment and quench or cold working or a combination of same in order to bring the metal to its specified consistency. In heat treatment, reheating hardened steel or hardened cast iron to some temperature below theeutectoid temperature for the p...
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   temper
   (1) In heat treatment, to reheat hardened steel or hardened cast iron to some temperature below the eutectoid temperature for the purpose of decreasing hardness and increasing toughness. The process is also sometimes applied to normalized steel. (2) In tool steels, temper is sometimes inadvisably used to denote carbon content. (3) In nonferrous all...
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   Temper
   Tem'per transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tempered ; present participle & verbal noun Tempering .] [ Anglo-Saxon temprian or Old French temper , French tempérer , and (in sense 3) temper , Latin temperare , akin to tempus time. Confer Temporal , Distemper , Ta ...
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   Temper
   Tem'per noun 1. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar. 2. Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy. « The exquisiteness of his [ Christ's] ...
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   Temper
   Tem'per intransitive verb 1. To accord; to agree; to act and think in conformity. [ Obsolete] Shak. 2. To have or get a proper or desired state or quality; to grow soft and pliable. « I have him already tempering between my finger and my thumb, and shortly will I seal with him.» Shak.
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   temper
   1. The state of any compound substance which results from the mixture of various ingredients; due mixture of different qualities; just combination; as, the temper of mortar. ... 2. Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy. 'The exquisiteness of his ...
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   temper
   mood noun a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; `whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time`; `he was in a bad humor`
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    temper
    irritability noun a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; `his temper was well known to all his employees`
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    Temper
    `Temperare` (to mix correctly) is the Latin origin of words like `temperature` and `tempering`; it and `tempo` come, in turn, from `tempus` (time or season). Thus, the word `temper` can refer (at least informally) to any time- and temperature-sensitive process (as for chocolate tempering or tempered glass), a material's thermo-mechanical history (including cold work and cryogenic hardening), or even its composition. `Temper` may mean: * Temper...
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    Temper
    • (v. t.) To govern; to manage. • (v. t.) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm. • (v. t.) To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for m...
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    temper
    temper, tempered, tempering, tempers, temperable 1. To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate: 'temper its doctrinaire logic with a little practical wisdom' (Robert H. Jackson)2. To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other physical condition by or as if by blending, admixing, or kneading: temper clay; paints that had been tempered with oil.3. To harden or stre...
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    Temper
    The use of an additive (ie. ground shell) to both strengthen and reduce shrinking of ceramics during firing.
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    Temper
    The addition of water to the cement mix whether at the batch plant, during transit or at the jobsite to achieve the specified water to cement ratio.
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    temper
    
    1. a sudden outburst of anger
    2. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
    3. the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
    
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    Temper
    The addition of water and mixing of concrete or mortar as necessary to bring it initially to the desired consistency. See also Retempering.
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